A Destroyer Escort named for and commemorating a Naval Aviator and
Hero

One Battle Star for Action in WWII

In MemoriamEnsign Richard Alonzo Jaccard, USNRRecipient of the Navy Cross

Site Commissioned on 1 April 1999

"I wish to have no connection with any ship
that does not go fast, for I intend to go in Harms way"

John Paul Jones, Capt. Continental Navy

"And do not think of these ships as the Navy. The ships alone are masses of inert matter; they
are of themselves powerless. The thing that makes the ships alive, the thing that makes them turn to the right
and to the left, and take part in maneuvers, and fire their guns, is the spirit of man. It is the spirit of man
that designs and makes and vivifies the ships. The Navy is not composed of ships: the Navy is composed of
men. The ships are the tools they use."

From the Forward written by Admiral Fiske in the book,
The U.S. Navy by E. Muller Jr., Rand McNally & Co., New York 1917

This Site is dedicated to the memory of those who gave their lives to preserve the
ideals that we all hold so dear. Freedom is not Free. If we fail to protect and preserve it, we could lose it.

to be Piped aboard since our Shakedown Cruise,
April 2, 1999.
May you have fair winds and following seas!

This Website was created in the hopes of keeping alive the memory of Ensign Richard Alonzo Jaccard and
the ship named in his honor. It is difficult to accept the fact that 60 years have now passed since the Battle
of Midway, and the death of this brave Naval Aviator, but time waits for no man. The month of June, 2002 marks
the sixtieth anniversary of this horriffic battle in the Pacific, which has gone down in Naval history as one of
the most decisive battles fought in World War II.

Therefore, This Yeoman is very proud to present this Website to the Honor and Memory of Ensign Richard Jaccard and the
USS JACCARD DE-355. May he, his sacrafice, and the sacrafices of all those who fought in
WWII never be forgotten. This site's Mission,
therefore, is to that end.